Neckband-holder.



PATENTBD MAR. ,5, 1907.

0. W. RIOHERT.

NEOKBAND HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 1, 1905.

NECKBAND-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jyi r'ch 5, 1907.

Application filed November 1, 1905- Serial No, 285,422.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHRISTINA WrLsoN RIoI-IERT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bufl'alo, in the county of. Erie and State of-New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in N eckband-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

-This invention relates to a. distender or,

- holder which is more particularly designedfor spreading the stocks oi bands worn by ladies about the neck, but which may also be used for other purposes.

The object oi this invention'is the production of a reliable and efficient holder of this character which can be produced at small cost and which can be readily-applied to or removed from the parts to be held in a dis- I tended position.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View showing my improved holder applied to a stock or neclrband. Fig. 2' is a detached front view of the holder on an enlarged scale. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view showing the manner in which the holder is attached to the neckband. f

Similar detters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

My improved neckband-holder is preferably bent from a single piece of wire, ,although the same may be otherwise constructed, if desire in its general construction the holder con' 7 sists of a main longitudinal bar or body A N,

spurs BB, arranged lengthwise adjacent'to opposite ends of thebar, and-each provided with a pointed outer end, and guards (3 (1,

arranged adj acent to the points of the-spurs.

At its opposite outer ends the bar is provided with laterally-projecting armed, and the adjacent inner ends of the spurs are pro-' vided with similar arms 6, which project laterally in a direction opposite to that of the barearms cl. The guards G C have the form of outwardly-curved bows or arches, and each guard is connected at its ends with the outer ends of the adjacent spur' and bars arms, while its ceptral part is arranged on the side of the pointed outer end of the respective spur. The relative position of each guard and the adjacent spur is such that the point of the spurengages with the side of the guard, but stops a short distance inside of the periphery of the guard. By this means the point 'of the spur is exposed sufliciently to permit of readilysticking the same-through the fabric of the neckband, but protection is afforded against sticking the flesh of the neck or the hands, as "would be the case if the guard extended beyond theend of the spurpoint. 1

in using my improved holder the same is applied transversely to the neckband by en gaging the spurs at its pposite ends with the neckband near its upper and lower edges. Vv hen the holder is thus applied to the neckband, parts of the latter are confined on the spurs between the guards and the arms of the spurs, whereby the holder is securely held on the neckband, and the latter is reliably held in a spread or distended condition.

The arms of the spurs are preferably bent atrrightangles thereto, so as to form comparatively sharp or abrupt corners between the same, as shown in the drawings, These arms thus form stops or shoulders against which the material of the neckband, which is pierced by the spurs, abuts or rests and is prevented from working or sliding around the corners to the spur-arms, which otherwise would be possible ii the corners were rounded.

In order to facilitate the application of the holder to the neckband, the bar is constructed in two sections, A A, the inner opposing ends of which are yieldingly connected by the same plane as the guards and have their inner ends connected with each other, while their outer ends are connected, respectively, with the inner ends of the bar-sections, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

Afterone of the spurs has been stuck into the neckband the bar is contracted somewhat in length, thereby compressing .the springloops, and while in this position the other spur is stuck into the 'neckband; Upon now releasing the bar-sections and permittingthe spring-loops to expand the two spurs aremovcd outwardly inopposite directions from each other and hold the neckband perfectly smooth in a spread position.

My im roved holder is applicable either to the 'insi( e, or the outside of the neckb'and with equal effect and without danger of scratching the neck'by the points of the spurs.

When the holder is intended for exclusive use on the outer side of the neckband, the same may be suitably jeweled or ornamented,"so as to render the same more attractive, although the same resents a neat appear ance without any a ditional ornamentation.

and a bow-shaped guard connected at its in a direction opposite to the adjacent arm of I claim as my invention 1. A neckband-holder comprising a bar, a spur arranged at the end of the bar and havmg a pointed'outer end, and a bow-shaped guard arrang'ed with its central part along the side of the point of the spur, substantially as set forth.

2. A neckhand-holder comprising a bar having a laterally-projecting arm at its end, a'spur arranged adjacent to the end of said bar and having a pointed outer end and provided at its inner end With an arm which projects laterally in a direction opposite to the arm of said bar, the inner ends of said arms being opposite each other but unconnected,

ends with the outer ends of said arms and having its central part arranged ad acent to set orth.

3. A neckband-holder comprising a longitudinal bar provided at opposite ends with laterally-projecting arms, longitudinal spurs arranged adjacent to the ends of said bar andeach having a pointed outer end and an arm at its inner end which projects laterally said bar, the inner ends of the corresponding bar-arm and bow arm being opposite each other but unconnected, and bow-shaped guards each of Which is connected at its ends with the outer ends of the arms of one spur and the adjacent end of the bar and having its central part arranged adjacent to the pointed end of the adjacent spur, substantially as set forth.

4. A'neckbandholder comprising a longitudinal bar provided at opposite ends With laterally-projecting arms and at its central part With oppositely-projecting loops which form aspring, longitudinal spurs arranged adjacent to the ends oi said bar and each having a pointed outer end and an arm at its inner end which projects laterally'in a direction opposite to the adjacent arm of said bar, and bowshaped guards each of which is connected at its ends with the outer ends of the arms of one spur and the adjacent end of the bar and having its central part arranged adjacent to the pointed end of the adjacent spur, substantially as set forth.

Witnesses:

'lnno. L. Pom E. M. GRAHAM.

Witness my hand this th day of October 

